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is JTA's former associate editor.

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• JTA 5773: Top 10 Rosh Hashondas

  August 22, 2013 12:03pm

  JTA rounds up the top Jewish stories that made us cringe in 5773.

• Warsaw Uprising, scored and in color

  August 20, 2013 1:56pm

  The Warsaw Rising museum added color and sound to archival footage that it plans to release as a feature film in cinemas in Poland and abroad next year.

• Ban in Jerusalem (UPDATED)

  August 19, 2013 11:18am

  The secretary-general of the United Nations made a rare acknowledgment that the organization over which he presides does not always treat Israel fairly.

• Prisoner blowback

  August 16, 2013 10:33am

  With the first wave of Palestinian prisoners released this week, criticism of the move is mounting.

• Who Israel released

  August 14, 2013 3:11pm

  Israel has released a list of the 26 prisoners freed yesterday, including their crimes and prison sentences.

• A short history of Jewish intermarriage

  August 8, 2013 2:16pm

  Jews have been concerned about their future in a nation where intermarriage is common for decades.

• VIDEO: Israelis, get out or you’re dead

  August 6, 2013 9:59am

  A speaker at a Toronto rally said Israelis should be given two minutes to leave Jerusalem or be shot.

• Weinergate gets the ‘Daily Show’ treatment

  August 2, 2013 10:08am

  Bob Filner and Anthony Weiner are so gross, they broke Ewwww-o-meter designed to measure just how gross they are.

• Weiner train keeps chugging

  July 31, 2013 8:57am

  As if Anthony Weiner didn’t have enough trouble, a former intern got the front-page treatment in the Daily News for claiming that — gasp! — some staffers joined his campaign only because they had higher political ambitions. Don’t worry, though, the former congressman isn’t quitting.

• What’s up with Poland?

  July 24, 2013 10:40am

  Was the Polish parliament’s decision on kosher slaughter a product of simmering anti-Semitism or of a young democracy’s efforts to balance competing interests?